Global warming, climate change, and environmental pollution present plants with unique
combinations of different abiotic and biotic stresses. Although much is known about how …

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic compounds released into our environment and is
harmful to human health, urging the need to remediate Cd-polluted soils. To this end, it is …

The non-essential metalloid arsenic (As) is widely distributed in soil and underground water
of many countries. Arsenic contamination is a concern because it creates threat to food …

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) has great relevance considering the substantial
commercial potential of its essential oil. Nevertheless, the increasing soil salinity poses an …

Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a key
modulator of the development and architecture of the root system under physiological and …

Current climate change brings with it a higher frequency of environmental stresses, which
occur in combination rather than individually leading to massive crop losses worldwide. In …

Ascophyllum nodosum extract (ANE) is considered as an effective source of biostimulants
that have the potential of ameliorating the negative impact of different abiotic stresses in …

Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous carcinogenic metalloid that enters into human food chain,
through rice consumption. To unravel the conundrum of oxidative vs. reductive stress, the …

Metalloids are semiconducting elements that constitute a small group in the periodic table of
elements. Their occurrence in nature either poses an environmental threat or benefit to …

Pectin contributes greatly to cell wall phosphorus (P) remobilization. However, it is currently
unclear whether the methylesterification degree of the pectin, which is related to the activity …